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RICHARD JAMES (1969 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: n/a |
Richard James has been a professional actor since graduating from the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1992. In the years since, he has gained experience across all media but most notably in television. His film credits include a live action version of 'The Wind in the Willows' with the Monty Python team, 'Stormbreaker', 'Penelope', 'A Bunch of Amateurs' opposite Burt Reynolds and 'A Lover's Prayer' in which he played Kirsten Dunst's husband. On British television, Richard has shared the screen with Julie Walters, Steven Berkoff, Richard Harris and Christopher Walken to name but a few and has played regular roles in numerous children's television series, most notably the part of Mr Kronkite in 30 episodes of 'The Mysti Show' and the rather bumptious knight, Sir Gestion, in 'Sir Gadabout - The Worst Knight in the Land'. He also spent a year under prosthetic makeup playing the part of Officer Orrin in Gerry Anderson's live action sci-fi series, 'Space Precinct'. As a writer, Richard has written many plays and television scripts over the years, some for television shows with which he's been involved and others, like his Victorian police series 'Tales From The Yard' and his sit-com 'Writer's Cramp' which look set to spend the rest of eternity in development hell.
Plays by Richard James
Bar Wars: Return of the Sauce | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kenton Theatre, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, UK | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Arts Academy | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts (2008) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92973 | |||
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Genre: | Short play for production by children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 5 | ||
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Synopsis: | When 'Spanish Nights' restaurant opens up opposite 'Bella Italia', there's bound to be some rivalry. Then the famous secret pasta sauce receipe is stolen from Bella Italia and PI Fifi Phalange is called in. | |||||
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Bottoms Up! | ||
| 1st Produced: | The King's Arms, Berks, UK | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Tarrystone Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92197 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Perfect for open air or pub theatre! | |||||
Synopsis: | Adaptation of the 'rude mechanicals' story from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Will Nick Bottom and his troupe of amateur actors be ready for their performance at the Duke's wedding? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Children's Christmas Carol, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pinder Hall, Cookham, Berks | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Cookham Nursery | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106400 | |||
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Genre: | Short play for children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Charles Dickens' festive classic much abbreviated as a play for an audience of young children, to be performed by a cast of adults (or possibly by a company of older children.) | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Death of Sherlock Holmes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Town Hall theatre, Wycombe Swan, Bucks, UK | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Cloak & Dagger Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #95379 | |||
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Genre: | Mystery | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Holmes and Watson must act fast to prevent the theft of a famous diamond and safeguard the economy of the Austrian Empire. But does Holmes mean to get shot by Watson? Will the Great Detective survive? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Dreaming, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | De Winton, Canada | 2010 | ||||
Company: | Foothills High School | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, Jan 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #108862 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Suitable for a bare stage presentation. Parts may be played female. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two men find themselves in a featureless room, with no memory of how they arrived there, or even who they are. Their only clues come from scraps of paper on the floor, that seem to mirror words they have spoken. Can it be true that they're just characters in an unwritten play? | |||||
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Happy Campers | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harold Coward Memorial Hall, Hutton, Somerset, UK | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Hutton Drama Club | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89170 | |||
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Genre: | full length Comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | One male part is a sixteen year old boy. Set involves the erecting of two tents. | |||||
Synopsis: | A comedy with a bite to it, this tells the story of a family gathering in the Yorkshire countryside to scatter the ashes of a man with a dark history. There are revelations all round and an unexpected treasure hunt. | |||||
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I Am Hamlet | ||
| 1st Produced: | Utah State University, Utah, USA | Oct 2009 | ||||
Company: | Caine School of the Arts | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102039 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An amateur actor auditions for the lead role in a local production of Hamlet. There is some fun to be had as the director puts him through his acting paces, but slowly we learn that the actor has more in common with the Prince of Denmark than meets the eye. . . | |||||
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In The Rough | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89744 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | In Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, the women were trying to end the Peloponnesian War. In this case, it's their husbands' addiction to golf that's the problem, but the method employed is the same (give or take the barricading of public buildings)! | |||||
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Indian Summer | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #115439 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | Amid the uprising against the East India Company in the 1850s, Clara has commissioned a portrait - to closely resemble Botticelli's 'Birth Of Venus', but depicting her as an old woman. The Artist, Nathanial, arrives with his canvas and oils, and they share the last moments of an Indian Summer together. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Moving On | ||
| 1st Produced: | Little Acorn Production Company, Hinkley, Hertfordshire, UK | 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #98230 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Angela is packing up her things to move out of the house she raised her children in. Though her husband has been dead for a year, she hasn't come to terms with losing him. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mystery of Sherlock Holmes, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Town Hall theatre, Wycombe Swan, Bucks, UK | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Cloak & Dagger Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91954 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Join the legendary sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, and his ever-faithful companion Doctor Watson as they meet, share rooms in Baker Street and solve a brand new mystery! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Nth Degree, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, Aug 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #118856 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Confrontational - or challenging, depending on your viewpoint - one-act play, single prison room set. | |||||
Synopsis: | In a fundamentalist religious state, a news reporter arranges a confrontation between two prisoners and the couple who prosecuted them for offences against their faith. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Port Out, Starboard Home! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Huntingdon Drama Club at the Commemoration Hall, Huntingdon, UK | 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, Nov 2009 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #106774 | |||
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Genre: | comedy drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Use maybe made of actors to play passengers in a walk-on capacity only. | |||||
Notes: | The action takes place on the sun deck of the cruise ship, 'Adelphi'. | |||||
Synopsis: | Miriam hopes that taking her son Stewart on a cruise will help him find Miss Right, when actually, he's looking for a Mr. Right. Jackie's on the cruise for her health, though she's actually only sick of her husband, and Amanda's a washed up actress, taking any job going. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Professor Thyme and the History Mystery | ||
| 1st Produced: | Sydenham High Junior School, London | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, Mar 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #111874 | |||
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Genre: | Comedy Play for performance by children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | variable | |||||
Notes: | There are 36 named parts in the play, many of which can be doubled and played male or female | |||||
Synopsis: | When the dastardly Count Downe uses Professor Thyme's Time Machine to travel into the past and change history, it's up to the Professor and his gang to follow him and put things right before the damage is done. . . | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sherlock Holmes & the Mystery of Mallen Hall | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pinder Hall, Berks, UK | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Tarrystone Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #91971 | |||
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Genre: | full length Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | The redoubtable Holmes is presented with a murder mystery that took place three weeks previously, hundreds of miles away. With his usual brilliance, he solves the case from the comfort of his rooms in Baker Street. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Teenage Christmas Carol, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Kenton Theatre, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, UK | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Arts Academy | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #92500 | |||
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Genre: | Short play for production by children | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | 11 narrators | |||||
Notes: | Plenty of scope for doubling in this short festive play! | |||||
Synopsis: | Ebeneezer Scrooge's great grandaughter is taught a lesson she'll never forget. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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There's Something About Bernard | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pinder Hall, Berks, UK | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Tarrystone Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89745 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | The one male part is a cameo only, with just one line at the end. | |||||
Synopsis: | Bernard's wife, best friend and daughter are gathered to surprise him with a party on his birthday, but it's his ex-wife who walks in first. Some hard truths are exchanged, and in the end, it's Bernard who surprises them all. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Three Canterbury Tales | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cookham Festival Theatre, Berks, UK | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Tarrystone Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89746 | |||
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Genre: | verse comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | To be produced with no set and a few rough and ready props. | |||||
Synopsis: | Three of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, told in verse but adapted for the stage. The Miller, The Pardoner and the Wife of Bath are brought to life with the narration of Chaucer and the help of three other pilgrims (the Friar, the Summoner and the Nun). | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Vision Impaired | ||
| 1st Produced: | Victoria Club, Arundel, West Sussex, UK | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Drip Action Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89747 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Winner, Best All-Male Performance, Maidenhead Drama Festival, UK, 2007. | |||||
Synopsis: | Two occupants of merciless alien costumes for a famous time travelling series discuss life, fame, and pressing problems for actors in their confined position! | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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White Lies | ||
| 1st Produced: | Pinder Hall, Berks, UK | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Tarrystone Players | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #89748 | |||
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Genre: | comedy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Winner Best Comedy and Best Unpublished Play awards, Maidenhead drama Festival, UK, 2006. | |||||
Synopsis: | Four old University chums meet up again after thirty years for a meal and talk. Bea is concerned only with herself and her own success, and doesn't care about the casual way she has hurt or used the others in the past, and the other ladies decide it's time for payback. But their little revenge stunt goes a little further than they planned. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Writer's Cramp | ||
| 1st Produced: | Aberdeen, Hong Kong | 2010 | ||||
Company: | Canadian International School of Hong Kong | |||||
| 1st Published: | Lazy Bee Scripts (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100140 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
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Synopsis: | Hilary Hunter has made his name and fortune writing the Jack Brady movies, but now he's been ousted by a younger man represented by his agent, and he thinks his daughter's new boyfriend may have stolen his wallet. A frantic couple of days in the life of a writer in the twilight of his career. | |||||
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